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  Halloween asteroid to shave past Earth, astronomers say Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-21 15:33 -0500
    Re: Halloween asteroid to shave past Earth, astronomers say jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-21 21:27 +0000
      Re: Halloween asteroid to shave past Earth, astronomers say Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-21 16:36 -0500
        Re: Halloween asteroid to shave past Earth, astronomers say jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-21 22:11 +0000
      Re: Halloween asteroid to shave past Earth, astronomers say Scott Finnegan <scofi@NNTPSwitch.org> - 2015-10-21 21:45 +0000
        Re: Halloween asteroid to shave past Earth, astronomers say jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-21 22:10 +0000

#527249 — Halloween asteroid to shave past Earth, astronomers say

Halloween asteroid to shave past Earth, astronomers say
> http://phys.org/news/2015-10-halloween-asteroid-earth.html


> A big asteroid is hurtling toward Earth and will shave past our
> planet on Halloween, but astronomers say there's no need to be
> spooked—it's definitely not on a collision course.
>
> The space rock is about the size of a football stadium and is moving
> at an "unusually high" speed of 78,000 miles per hour (126,000
> kilometers per hour), said NASA.
>
> Early estimates put the asteroid—called 2015 TB145—at about 1,542
> feet (470 meters) in diameter, according to the astronomy website
> Earth and Sky.
>
> NASA expects it to be the largest known cosmic body to get near our
> planet until 2027.
>
> "If the size is correct, the new found asteroid is 28 times bigger
> than the Chelyabinsk meteor that penetrated the atmosphere over
> Russia in February 2013," Earth and Sky said.
>
> The good news is this asteroid will pass at a very safe distance of
> about 310,000 miles (nearly 500,000 kilometers), or 1.3 times the
> span between the Earth and the Moon.
>

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#527264

Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:

Nothing at all, just the usual cut and paste of stuff that can
be found on regular media.

Have you ever wondered what your life might have been like if you had
the competence to do more than just copy the words of others, spamming
piece of shit?


-- 
Jim Pennino

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#527268

On 10/21/15 4:27 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
> Nothing at all, just the usual cut and paste of stuff that can
> be found on regular media.
>
> Have you ever wondered what your life might have been like if you had
> the competence to do more than just copy the words of others, spamming
> piece of shit?

   Ho boy, jimp, you are a piece of work. Your jealousy is obvious, your
   language inappropriate, and your absolute contempt and total disgust
   are addressed in these Anger Management classes. You, jimp, need
   these services:
> http://www.yellowpages.com/rancho-cucamonga-ca/anger-management-classes


   Halloween asteroid to shave past Earth, astronomers say
 > http://phys.org/news/2015-10-halloween-asteroid-earth.html

 > A big asteroid is hurtling toward Earth and will shave past our
 > planet on Halloween, but astronomers say there's no need to be
 > spooked—it's definitely not on a collision course.
 >
 > The space rock is about the size of a football stadium and is moving
 > at an "unusually high" speed of 78,000 miles per hour (126,000
 > kilometers per hour), said NASA.
 >
 > Early estimates put the asteroid—called 2015 TB145—at about 1,542
 > feet (470 meters) in diameter, according to the astronomy website
 > Earth and Sky.
 >
 > NASA expects it to be the largest known cosmic body to get near our
 > planet until 2027.
 >
 > "If the size is correct, the new found asteroid is 28 times bigger
 > than the Chelyabinsk meteor that penetrated the atmosphere over
 > Russia in February 2013," Earth and Sky said.
 >
 > The good news is this asteroid will pass at a very safe distance of
 > about 310,000 miles (nearly 500,000 kilometers), or 1.3 times the
 > span between the Earth and the Moon.
 >


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#527286

Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
Nothing at all, just the usual repaste of stuff that can be found in
newspapers and TV.


Have you ever wondered what your life might have been like if you had
the competence to do more than just copy the words of others, spamming
piece of shit?


-- 
Jim Pennino

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#527273

jimp wrote:

> Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Nothing at all, just the usual cut and paste of stuff that can be found
> on regular media.
> Have you ever wondered what your life might have been like if you had
> the competence to do more than just copy the words of others, spamming
> piece of shit?

Good point you just made. How about your competencies. At least Wormy is 
doing a service of updates etc. What can you do?

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#527285

Scott Finnegan <scofi@nntpswitch.org> wrote:
> jimp wrote:
> 
>> Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Nothing at all, just the usual cut and paste of stuff that can be found
>> on regular media.
>> Have you ever wondered what your life might have been like if you had
>> the competence to do more than just copy the words of others, spamming
>> piece of shit?
> 
> Good point you just made. How about your competencies. At least Wormy is 
> doing a service of updates etc. What can you do?

A lot more than just copy the words of others from publicly available
sources and spamming a discussion group with his cut and pastes is
not a service.



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